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taiwan's executive yuan spokesman chen shih-kai is about to take over as the head of the taiwan authorities' transportation department. wu si-yao, secretary general of the democratic progressive party caucus, a taiwan public opinion organization, claimed today (29th) that chen shih-kai has been in the political field for a long time and is a rare talent. kmt legislator lai shi-bao sarcastically said that chen shih-kai has no transportation expertise and that taiwan's executive yuan head zhuo rong-tai is trying very hard to "blow a goose feather into a goose" from chen shih-kai's limited experience. it's really hard work.

li mengyan, the former head of the taiwan authorities' transportation department, recently resigned due to an extramarital affair. tai zhuo rongtai announced on the 29th that chen shikai would take over. chen shikai is expected to take office on september 2nd.

zhuo rongtai said that both he and lai ching-te, the leader of the taiwan region, believed that chen shikai could take on such a job based on his experience in the field of political studies. he also said that chen shikai had served in the taichung city council for many years and was quite familiar with and understood local transportation affairs. in addition to his expertise in politics, he also had a learning process in corporate management. "we all feel that it is very appropriate and we have great confidence in chen shikai to lead the taiwan transportation department." wu siyao said that chen shikai had served as a representative of the people in the past and spared no effort in striving for major transportation construction in taichung. he served as a spokesperson during the election campaign and had a good understanding of taiwan's engineering development vision. "he is a rare and good talent."

the opposition party obviously doesn't think so. kmt legislator hong mengkai pointed out that transportation is a profession, and the outside world is concerned about where chen shikai's expertise lies. after all, the annual budget of taiwan's transportation department is as high as several hundred million new taiwan dollars, and the outside world is looking forward to hearing the major policy directions of the new head. hong mengkai also said that there is no honeymoon period for lai qingde's team, and he hopes that every department head can go straight to the front line and make achievements when he takes office.

lai shibao sarcastically said that chen shikai was "really a dark horse" because he had no transportation expertise and was immature in political qualifications. he had served as a taichung city councilor and lai ching-te's campaign chairman and the "100-day spokesperson" for the taiwan executive yuan before taking over as the head of the taiwan authorities' transportation department. zhuo rongtai tried very hard to blow up a goose feather into a goose from chen shikai's limited experience. it was really hard work.

lai shibao said that zhuo rongtai's statement that chen shikai was familiar with local transportation due to his experience as a taichung city councilor was laughable. compared with the transportation business of the whole taiwan, which covers land, sea and air, the transportation of taichung city is really a drop in the bucket. it is an inappropriate analogy only because of a lack of confidence. is there no talent in taiwan? no, there are civil servants specializing in transportation, and there are a lot of talents with complete political qualifications. however, if the color is right and the right person is followed, someone can be promoted to a high position overnight.

transportation operators on the island also expressed concerns about this personnel arrangement. liu hongzhang, chairman of the taiwan automobile drivers' rights alliance, questioned that in the past, including li mengyan and chen yanbo, the acting head of the taiwan transportation department, had to accumulate certain experience before taking over, and he was not sure whether chen shikai was capable. he said that he agreed that the dpp was willing to promote young people, but he could not stand letting a blank sheet of paper take up an important position.

li qiyue, chairman of the taiwan association for quality tourism development, said that chen shikai's succession was "reasonable and unexpected". the taiwanese industry originally thought that the candidate would be someone familiar with transportation business, or a local "lord", or even a candidate from the democratic progressive party's "mainland china" system. unexpectedly, professionalism was not taken into account, and the "new tide" took over, which was indeed unexpected from a political perspective.

li qiyue emphasized that if it is a political appointment, it must have a certain weight, otherwise it must be professional. transportation affairs are very complicated and all-encompassing, and require cross-departmental coordination. he hopes that the new head of the transportation department will communicate more with the industry, government, and academia. the industry also hopes that he can solve cross-strait tourism issues and tourism business that requires cross-departmental coordination during his tenure.(lin jingxian, strait herald reporter in taiwan)